*Target (protein/gene name):acidocalcisomal exopolyphosphatase
*NCBI Gene # or RefSeq#:LMJF_01_0310

*Protein ID (NP or XP #) or Wolbachia#:29931

*Organism (including strain):Leishmania major strain Friedlin

Etiologic Risk Group (see link below): N/A

*/Disease Information (sort of like the Intro to your Mini Research Write up):
Sometimes mistaken with leprosy, the affliction known as leishmaniosis, causes skin ulcers to erupt and may also lead to an enlarged liver and spleen – eventually leading to anemia. The disease is spread by the bite of sandflies, but the real culprit is the parasite protozoon belonging to the genus Leishmania; there are many species of this genus that cause the disease. Currently, about 12 million people are affected, with 20 to 50 thousand deaths per year.

Different species need to be treated differently. For examples, Leishmania major, is resistant to the oral medication Miltefosine; however, Pentamidine is effective.

Link to TDR Targets page (if present):http://www.tdrtargets.org/targets/view?gene_id=29931

Link to Gene Database page (NCBI, EuPath databases -e.g. TryTryp, PlasmoDB, etc - or PATRIC, etc.)

Essentiality of this protein: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/12983123

Is it a monomer or multimer as biological unit? (make prediction at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd-srv/prot_int/pistart.html): multimer

Complex of proteins?: Monomer (chains a and b)

Druggable Target (list number or cite evidence from a paper/database showing druggable in another organism): N/A



*EC#: 3.6.1.11

Link to BRENDA EC# page:http://www.brenda-enzymes.org/enzyme.php?ecno=3.6.1.11

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Enzyme Assayinformation (spectrophotometric, coupled assay ?, reagents):

-- link to Sigma (or othercompany) page for assay (see Sigma links below)http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/papers/12393865

--- List cost and quantity of substrate reagents, supplier, and catalog #

Fetal bovine serum: Cost must be inquired, Sigma, F2442
Dulbecco’s PBS: $15.40 for 100ML, Sigma, D1408
Protease inhibitor mixture: $64.10 for 1ML, Sigma, P8849
Protease inhibitor mixture: 71.80 for 1ML, Sigma, P8340
Ampicillin: $63.80 for 5G, Sigma, A9393
Kanamycin: $56.30 for 20ML, Sigma, K0254
Paraformaldehyde: $34.80 for 500G, Sigma, P6148
Glutaraldehyde: $116.50 for 10X1ML, Sigma, G5882
Bovine serum albumin: $276.00 for 50ML, Sigma, A7979
ATP: $293.50 for 1VL, Sigma, FLAAM
PPi: $56.40 for 1VL, Sigma, P7275
phosphate glass: $121.50 for 500MG, Aldrich, S4379
proteinase K: $39.50 for 5MG, Aldrich, P2308
lysozyme: $49.50 for 1G, Sigma, L6876
horseradish peroxidase-conjugated anti-rabbit: $403.50 for 200UL, Sigma, H0912
fluorescein-conjugated goat anti-rabbit: $125.00 for 1ML, Sigma, F6005
rhodamine-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgGs: $178.50 for 1ML, Sigma, A0168


Structure (PDB or Homology model)

-- PDB # or closest PDB entry if using homology model: 4ITY

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---- Show pairwise alignment of your BLASTP search in NCBI against the PDB

---- Query Coverage: 99%

---- Max % Identities: 93%

---- Max Score: 1700

---- Total Score: 1700



Current Inhibitors: None

Expression Information (has it been expressed in bacterial cells): Expressed in Salmonella enterica, E. coli.

Purification Method:
From: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014579398005912
The vacuolar fraction free of other cell organelles [8]was frozen at −20°C in 10 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.2, 10% glycerol, 0.5 mM phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride and after thawing treated with ultrasound (MSE, USA) for 10 s. Vacuolar membranes were sedimented at 15 000×g for 90 min. The supernatant was applied to a Q-Sepharose column (1.6×5 cm) equilibrated with 25 mM Tris-acetate, pH 7.2, containing 0.1% Triton X-100 as enzyme stabilizer. After washing with the same buffer, extraneous proteins were eluted with the same buffer, containing 0.3 M KCl. PolyPase was eluted with 0.7 M KCl in the same buffer. Removal of KCl and substitution of the buffer with 25 mM Tris-acetate, pH 6.0, was performed in an Amicon system (PM-10 membrane). Thereafter, the preparation was applied to an S-Sepharose column (1.6×5 cm) equilibrated with 25 mM Tris-acetate, pH 6.0, containing 0.1% Triton X-100. Extraneous proteins were eluted with the same buffer, containing 0.2 M KCl. PolyPase was eluted with increasing concentrations of KCl (0.2–1.2 M) in the same buffer. The enzyme preparation was stored at −20°C.

Image of protein (PyMol with features delineated and shown separately):
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*Amino Acid Sequence (paste as text only - not as screenshot or as 'code'):

<span style="color: #4f81bd;">        1__0__         2__0__         3__0__         4__0__         5__0__         6__0__
 
MSGVINDFLR RCLKKVAGKV QPLTVVQGNE GGDMDSIVGC IYLAMLFDKQ PKFGFENPVP
 
 
        7__0__         8__0__         9__0__        10__0__        11__0__        12__0__
 
ALNFPQEDFG LRNDVTNLFK ELGIDASLLM SVQRGQIAHN LVDIAALNAS VVLYDHNKLR
 
 
       13__0__        14__0__        15__0__        16__0__        17__0__        18__0__
 
ENQSDLASRV VGVVDHHFDE QQYLKTASKL RVLRTVGSAC TLVTELYREC GEDVVCPTLL
 
 
       19__0__        20__0__        21__0__        22__0__        23__0__        24__0__
 
TAPIVLDTVN FEPAQKKVTP EDIAAYEWLR AKEVADSADA AALFEKLSKW KDDVLALSVP
 
 
       25__0__        26__0__        27__0__        28__0__        29__0__        30__0__
 
QILRRDYKQF SFKARTQKGV MSAGTSSVPC ACKQLEAHFS VDLIVAEAAK YVEQHQLDVL
 
 
       31__0__        32__0__        33__0__        34__0__        35__0__        36__0__
 
IVAFAGKVGG KHTREVAFCA KPDVISFFAP FVAEAPDGVS FTVITKCQTV DGSYEYASYS
 
 
       37__0__        38__0__
 
LSDPSISRKK LVPALSEFLA EGTRSLCE </span>

*length of your protein in Amino Acids:388 Amino Acids

Molecular Weight of your protein in kiloDaltons using the**Expasy ProtParam**website:42.5948 kilo Daltons

MolarExtinction coefficient of your protein at 280 nm wavelength:
Extinction coefficients are in units of M-1 cm-1, at 280 nm measured in water.
Ext. coefficient 26525 Abs 0.1% (=1 g/l) 0.623, assuming all pairs of Cys residues form cystines
Ext. coefficient 25900 Abs 0.1% (=1 g/l) 0.608, assuming all Cys residues are reduced


TMpred graph Image (http://www.ch.embnet.org/software/TMPRED_form.html). Input your amino acid sequence to it.
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*CDSGene Sequence(paste as text only):
ATGTCTGGCGTTATCAACGACTTCTTGCGCCGCTGCCTCAAGAAGGTTGCCGGCAAAGTGCAGCCACTGA CCGTGGTGCAGGGAAACGAGGGAGGTGACATGGACAGCATTGTCGGCTGCATTTACCTCGCCATGCTTTT TGATAAGCAGCCCAAATTCGGTTTTGAGAACCCTGTGCCGGCGCTGAACTTTCCACAAGAAGATTTCGGC CTGCGCAACGATGTGACGAATCTCTTCAAGGAGCTCGGGATCGATGCATCGCTCTTGATGTCGGTACAGA GGGGACAGATCGCGCATAACCTTGTCGATATTGCTGCTCTCAACGCTTCGGTTGTTCTTTATGATCACAA TAAGCTTAGGGAGAACCAAAGCGACCTCGCCTCTAGAGTTGTCGGAGTAGTGGACCATCACTTTGACGAG CAGCAGTACCTCAAAACCGCATCCAAGCTAAGAGTTCTGCGAACTGTCGGATCCGCGTGCACACTCGTTA CGGAGCTCTACCGCGAATGTGGCGAGGATGTTGTGTGTCCCACGCTGCTAACGGCTCCGATTGTTCTGGA TACAGTGAACTTTGAGCCGGCACAAAAGAAGGTGACACCTGAGGATATCGCTGCATACGAGTGGTTGCGT GCAAAGGAGGTCGCTGACAGTGCTGACGCCGCGGCTCTCTTTGAAAAGCTGTCGAAGTGGAAGGATGACG TGCTGGCACTCAGCGTTCCACAAATCTTGAGGCGAGATTACAAACAGTTCAGCTTCAAAGCCAGAACGCA GAAGGGCGTTATGTCCGCGGGCACCAGTAGTGTGCCGTGTGCGTGCAAGCAGCTAGAAGCTCACTTTTCT GTGGATTTAATTGTGGCGGAGGCTGCCAAGTACGTGGAGCAGCATCAGTTGGATGTGCTCATCGTTGCAT TTGCCGGGAAAGTCGGCGGCAAGCACACTCGCGAGGTCGCCTTCTGTGCAAAGCCTGACGTGATCTCCTT TTTTGCTCCTTTTGTAGCGGAGGCCCCGGATGGCGTGTCATTTACCGTGATCACAAAGTGTCAGACGGTG GACGGATCATACGAGTACGCCTCGTACTCCCTCAGCGACCCTTCTATTTCTCGCAAGAAGCTGGTTCCAG CTCTGTCCGAATTCCTTGCCGAGGGGACACGGAGTCTTTGTGAGTAA

*GC% Content for gene: N/A


*CDS Gene Sequence (codon optimized) - copy fromoutputofPrimer DesignProtocol (paste as text only): N/A


*GC% Content for gene (codon optimized): N/A